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Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany

Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett

Irish writer and dramatist (1878-1957).

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Place of Birth

London

Place of Death

Dublin

Country of Citizenship

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
 ( - 4/12/1927)
End Cause
:
Royal and Parliamentary Titles Act 1927
End Time
: 4/12/1927
United Kingdom
Irish Republic
Irish Free State
Ireland

Date of Birth

7/24/1878
Reason for Preferred Rank
:
Most Precise Value
1878

Date of Death

10/25/1957
Reason for Preferred Rank
:
Most Precise Value
1957

Instance Of

Human

Occupation

Writer
Playwright
Poet
Politician
Chess Player
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Aristocrat

Notable Work

The King of Elfland's Daughter
The Gods of Pegāna
Joseph Jorkens
The Gods of the Mountain

Educated At

Eton College
Royal Military College, Sandhurst
Cheam School

Cause of Death

Appendicitis

Father

John Plunkett, 17th Baron of Dunsany

Child

Randal Plunkett, 19th Baron of Dunsany

Given Name

Edward

Sport

Chess

Birth Name

Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett

Manner of Death

Natural Causes

Nominated For

Nobel Prize in Literature
 (1950)
Point in Time
: 1950

Genre

Crime Fiction
High Fantasy
Horror Literature
Science Fiction
Weird Fiction

Family Name

Plunkett
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Drax
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Pseudonym

Lord Dunsany

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Noble Title

Baron of Dunsany
 (1899 - )
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Follows
:
John Plunkett, 17th Baron of Dunsany
Followed By
:
Randal Plunkett, 19th Baron of Dunsany
Start Time
: 1899

Languages Spoken, Written or Signed

English

Sex or Gender

Male

Writing Language

English

Official Website

http://www.dunsany.net/18th.htm

Described by Source

Thom's Irish Who's Who
Statement Is Subject Of
:
Dunsany, Baron
Library of the World's Best Literature
1922 Encyclopædia Britannica
Statement Is Subject Of
:
1922 Encyclopædia Britannica/Dunsany, Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, 18th Baron

Relative

Victor Child Villiers, 7th Earl of Jersey
Kinship to Subject
:
Grandfather

Mother

Ernle Elizabeth Louisa Maria Grosvenor Burton

Spouse

Lady Beatrice Child-Villiers
 (9/15/1904 - )
Start Time
: 9/15/1904

Place of Burial

St Peter and St Paul's Churchyard

Commons Gallery

Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron Dunsany

Start of Work Period

1890s

End of Work Period

1957

Native Language

English
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